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Quamash is a wild flower that grows from a bulb in fields. The bulb is highly nutritious and the natives used to harvest them. There is a similar plant whose bulb is poisonous however, so I wouldn't advise rushing out and trying them without further research...(Taken at the Cedar Hill Golf Club/King's Pond Trail, BC.)
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"Are koalas drunk? It's a common myth that gets spread around as an explanation for why koalas sleep so much!
We're here to debunk that myth!
Koalas only eat gum leaves ... that part is true, but the leaves don't cause them to get drunk or high. Instead, the leaves have low nutritious value, with high fibre content, making them very slow to digest.
As a result, they don't give the koalas much energy, causing them to sleep all day! It also allows the koalas to conserve their energy, so it's ready when they need it, getting away from a predator, for example.
If you compare it to the human species, it would be like a human eating McDonalds or Hungry Jacks or any other fast food all day, week or year and then trying to run a marathon. It just wouldn't work! There would be no nutrition and not enough energy to sustain that physical output.
So next time you see a koala having a snooze, remember they're not drunk or high, they're living the life we all secretly wish we could have! Eating junk food and sleeping all day it sounds perfect, doesn't it!"
cairnszoom.com.au/are-koalas-drunk/
This makes me worry somewhat about the information that zoos are distributing ... I can categorically deny that I wish for a junk food lifestyle ... Sleeping all day ... Mmmm ... the jury's still out on that one! Sleeping through the night, now that would be good.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
A zebra is easy to recognize because people have seen it before, but an eland is not so easy to recognize. A description of an eland is seen below.
Wikipedia - The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus Taurotragus. It was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. An adult male is around 1.6 metres (5') tall at the shoulder (females are 20 centimetres (8") shorter) and can weigh up to 942 kg (2077 lbs) with an average of 500–600 kilograms (1,100–1,300 lb, 340–445 kilograms (750–980 lb) for females). It is the second largest antelope in the world, being slightly smaller on average than the giant eland.
Mainly an herbivore, its diet is primarily grasses and leaves. Common elands form herds of up to 500 animals, but are not territorial. The common eland prefers habitats with a wide variety of flowering plants such as savannah, woodlands, and open and montane grasslands; it avoids dense forests. It uses loud barks, visual and postural movements and the flehmen response to communicate and warn others of danger. The common eland is used by humans for leather, meat, and rich, nutritious milk, and has been domesticated in many areas.
It is native to Botswana, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe but is no longer present in Burundi and Angola. While the common eland's population is decreasing, it is classified as "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
this individual needs momentum to reach the nutritious prize -- freshly spawned salmon eggs
so a short flight up to dive suffices
Iceland Gull (ICGU Larus glaucoides thayeri))
Thayer's Subspecies
Goldstream Provincial Park
Vancouver Island BC
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Formerly Thayer's Gull [Thayer's Gull THGU (Larus thayeri)]
and Iceland Gull [Iceland Gull (Larus kumlieni)]
were designated as 2 separate species.
Now lumped under Iceland Gull.
Quitandole las espinas a los nopales
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She is removing the thorns of the nopales (cactus paddles) she sells.
Nopales are delicious and nutritious.
Yecapixtla, Morelos, Mexico
SN/NC: Eruca Sativa, Brasicaceae Family
Arugula; earth cress; arucula; Persian mustard; pinch; Rugula are the most common names in Portuguese.
Eruca Vesicaria is a species originating in the Mediterranean and West Asian region, having propagated to other continents. It can be occasionally found as spontaneous species also in Central Europe, Central Asia, North America and Australia. It is one of the many edible wild plants whose nutritious value is invaluable. Voted for forgetfulness during Sleeplasses Romanaria returned to be highlighted, having been reintroduced successfully in human food and being part of what was convinced to call modernist cuisine, avid new techniques and flavors. Of course, it is no longer necessary to go seek it to the field because it is largely cultivated and marketed together with other similar species, all baptized of arugula. Its cultivation is made in different Mediterranean countries such as Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Sudan, Spain and now also Portugal.
Rúcula; agrião-da-terra; arucula; mostarda-persa; pinchão; rugula são os nomes mais comuns em português.
Eruca vesicaria é uma espécie originária da região mediterrânica e oeste asiático, tendo-se propagado a outros continentes. Pode ser encontrada ocasionalmente como espécie espontânea também na Europa central, Ásia central, América do norte e Austrália. É uma das muitas plantas silvestres comestíveis cujo valor nutritivo é inestimável. Votada ao esquecimento durante seculos a Eruca vesicaria voltou a estar em destaque, tendo sido sendo reintroduzida com sucesso na alimentação humana e fazendo parte daquilo a que se convencionou chamar cozinha modernista, ávida de novas técnicas e sabores. Claro que já não é preciso ir busca-la ao campo pois é largamente cultivada e comercializada juntamente com outras espécies semelhantes, todas elas batizadas de rúcula. O seu cultivo faz-se em diferentes países mediterrânicos como a Itália, Grécia, Turquia, Egito, Sudão, Espanha e agora também Portugal.
Rúcula; tierra de la tierra; Arucula; Mostaza persa; pellizco; Las rugas son los nombres más comunes en portugués.
Eruca Vesicaria es una especie que se origina en la región mediterránea y del oeste de Asia, habiendo propagado a otros continentes. Ocasionalmente se puede encontrar como especies espontáneas también en Europa Central, Asia Central, América del Norte y Australia. Es una de las muchas plantas silvestres comestibles cuyo valor nutritivo es invaluable. Votado por el olvido durante las matrizas Romanaria, regresó a resaltar, habiendo sido reintroducido con éxito en la comida humana y ser parte de lo convencido de llamar a la cocina modernista, nuevas técnicas y sabores. Por supuesto, ya no es necesario buscarlo al campo porque se cultiva y comercializa en gran medida junto con otras especies similares, todos bautizados de la rúcula. Su cultivo se hace en diferentes países mediterráneos, como Italia, Grecia, Turquía, Egipto, Sudán, España, y ahora también Portugal.
Rucola; Earth Cress; ruchula; Perzische mosterd; kneep; Rugula zijn de meest voorkomende namen in het Portugees.
ERUCA VESICARIA is een soort van oorsprong uit de Middellandse Zee en West-Aziatische regio, die aan andere continenten wordt gepropageerd. Het kan af en toe worden gevonden als spontane soorten, ook in Midden-Europa, Centraal-Azië, Noord-Amerika en Australië. Het is een van de vele eetbare wilde planten waarvan de voedzame waarde van onschatbare waarde is. Gestemd voor vergeetachtigheid tijdens Sleeplasses Romanaria keerde terug om te worden benadrukt, die met succes is geïntroduceerd in menselijk voedsel en deel uit te maken van wat ervan is overtuigd dat ze modernistische keuken en smaken te bellen. Natuurlijk is het niet langer nodig om het naar het veld te zoeken omdat het grotendeels samen met andere soortgelijke soorten wordt gecultiveerd en op de markt gebracht, allemaal gedoopt van rucola. De cultivatie is gemaakt in verschillende mediterrane landen zoals Italië, Griekenland, Turkije, Egypte, Soedan, Spanje en nu ook Portugal.
Roquette; Terre Cress; Arucula; Moutarde persane; pincer; Rugula sont les noms les plus courants du portugais.
Eruca Vesicaria est une espèce originaire de la région méditerranéenne et de l'Asie occidentale, ayant propagé à d'autres continents. Il peut être parfois trouvé comme des espèces spontanées également en Europe centrale, en Asie centrale, en Amérique du Nord et en Australie. C'est l'une des nombreuses plantes sauvages comestibles dont la valeur nutritive est inestimable. Voté pour l'oubli pendant les blues Romanaria est revenue à être mis en évidence, après avoir été réintroduit avec succès dans les aliments humains et faisant partie de ce qui était convaincu d'appeler une cuisine moderniste, des nouvelles techniques et des saveurs passionnées. Bien sûr, il n'est plus nécessaire d'aller le chercher sur le terrain car il est largement cultivé et commercialisé avec d'autres espèces similaires, toutes baptisées de roquette. Sa culture est faite dans différents pays méditerranéens tels que l'Italie, la Grèce, la Turquie, l'Égypte, le Soudan, l'Espagne et également le Portugal.
Rucola; Earth Cress; Arucula; Senape persiana; pizzico; Rucula sono i nomi più comuni in portoghese.
Eruca Vesicaria è una specie originaria della regione mediterranea e dell'Asia occidentale, avendo propagato ad altri continenti. Può essere occasionalmente trovato come specie spontanee anche in Europa centrale, Asia centrale, America del Nord e Australia. È una delle tante piante selvatiche commestibili il cui valore nutriente è inestimabile. Votato per l'ubrianza durante le soleplasses Romanaria tornò per essere evidenziata, essendo stato reintrodotto con successo nel cibo umano e far parte di ciò che è stato convinto di chiamare la cucina modernista, avidamente nuove tecniche e sapori. Naturalmente, non è più necessario andare a cercarlo in campo perché è in gran parte coltivato e commercializzato insieme ad altre specie simili, tutti battezzati di rucola. La sua coltivazione è fatta in diversi paesi mediterranei come Italia, Grecia, Turchia, Egitto, Sudan, Spagna e ora anche Portogallo.
Rucola; Erdekresse; Arucula; Persischer Senf; Prise; Rugel sind die häufigsten Namen in Portugiesisch.
Eruca Vesicaria ist eine Art, die in der mediterranen und westlichen asiatischen Region stammt, die auf andere Kontinente propagiert wurde. Es kann gelegentlich als spontane Spezies in Mitteleuropa, Zentralasien, Nordamerika und Australien gefunden werden. Es ist einer der vielen essbaren Wildpflanzen, deren nahrhafter Wert von unschätzbarem Wert ist. Für die Vergesslichkeit während der Schlauchpflillen wurde Romanaria zurückgekehrt, um hervorgehoben zu werden, dass er in menschlichem Essen erfolgreich wieder eingeführt wurde und Teil dessen, was überzeugt war, modernistische Küche, begeisterte neue Techniken und Aromen zu nennen. Natürlich ist es natürlich nicht mehr notwendig, es auf das Feld zu suchen, da es weitgehend mit anderen ähnlichen Arten kultiviert und vermarktet wird, die alle von Rucola getauft werden. Sein Anbau wird in verschiedenen mediterranen Ländern wie Italien, Griechenland, der Türkei, Ägypten, Sudan, Spanien und jetzt auch Portugal hergestellt.
جرجير؛ كريس الأرض التروكولا؛ الخردل الفارسي قرصة؛ الركولا هي الأسماء الأكثر شيوعا باللغة البرتغالية.
Eruca Vesicaria هي نوع منشئي في منطقة البحر الأبيض المتوسط والغرب الآسيوي، بعد أن نشر إلى قارات أخرى. يمكن العثور عليها في بعض الأحيان كأنواع عفوية أيضا في أوروبا الوسطى وآسيا الوسطى وأمريكا الشمالية وأستراليا. إنها واحدة من العديد من النباتات البرية الصالحة للأكل التي تكون قيمتها المغذية لا تقدر بثمن. تم التصويت لصالح النسيان أثناء نوم الرومانكاريا عادت، بعد أن أعيد إرسالها بنجاح في الغذاء البشري وكونك جزءا مما كان مقتنعا بدعوة المأكولات الحداثية وتقنيات ونكهات جديدة. بالطبع، لم يعد من الضروري الذهاب للبحث عنها إلى هذا المجال لأنه يزرع إلى حد كبير وتسويقه جنبا إلى جنب مع الأنواع المماثلة الأخرى، وكلها تعميم من جرجير. تصنع زراعةها في بلدان البحر المتوسط المختلفة مثل إيطاليا واليونان وتركيا ومصر والسودان وإسبانيا والآن أيضا البرتغال.
Here's the female Black Bear from yesterday's upload with a Pink Salmon in her jaws. We were shooting in fog that morning and it was dense at times, so I boosted contrast and saturation in post processing to cut through some of it. An exciting moment for the photographer, the bear, and no doubt the fish, too.
Which reminds me... one of our friends, a sublime teller of tall tales, was in fine form that week. "When the salmon fry leave their stream for the open ocean," she said, "they swim backwards, so that they can find their way back in a few years to spawn." (This is not a verbatim quote, but close enough.) She looked so innocent, so convincing. One of my friends repeated this to a couple of German tourists, who replied, "Ja? We didn't know that." Oh, no! This is how rumours get started! Canadian salmon swim out to sea backwards! If this story spreads across Germany, you heard it here first, and it's NOT TRUE (although very funny)!!! Please accept my apology on behalf of all Canadians. We are a funny lot.
Photographed along coastal British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Pūriri fruit is not the most nutritious sort in the New Zealand bush (high in carbohydrates, not lipids, sugars or calcium), but it is always there. The nut (endocarp) inside the drupe is a very hard pear-shaped kernel[3] that can contain up to 4 seeds. The seedlings from one kernel can germinate at the same time or be spread over a year.
Pūriri is an invaluable food source for native wildlife, as it provides both fruit and nectar in seasons when few other species produce these. Kereru are the main spreaders of Puriri seeds (Info from Wikipedia). These fruits show what is likely to be attacks from insects or small birds.
Nikon Z7 with 24-70mm f4 lens.
The common warthog is the only pig species that has adapted to grazing and savanna habitats. Its diet is omnivorous, composed of grasses, roots, berries and other fruits, bark, fungi, insects, eggs and carrion. The diet is seasonably variable, depending on availability of different food items. During the wet seasons, warthogs graze on short perennial grasses. During the dry seasons, they subsist on bulbs, rhizomes, and nutritious roots. Warthogs are powerful diggers, using both their snouts and feet. Whilst feeding, they often bend their front feet backwards and move around on the wrists. Calloused pads that protect the wrists during such movement form quite early in the development of the fetus. Although they can dig their own burrows, they commonly occupy abandoned burrows of aardvarks and other animals. The common warthog commonly reverses into burrows, with its head facing the opening and ready to burst out if necessary. Common warthogs will wallow in mud to cope with high temperatures and huddle together to cope with low temperatures.
Common warthogs are not territorial, but instead occupy a home range. Common warthogs live in groups called sounders. Females live in sounders with their young and with other females. Females tend to stay in their natal groups, while males leave, but stay within the home range. Subadult males associate in bachelor groups, but live alone when they become adults.Adult males only join sounders with estrous females.
As of 1999, the common warthog population in southern Africa is estimated to be about 250,000. Typical densities range between one and 10 per km2 in protected areas, but local densities of 77 per km2 were found on short grass in Nakuru National Park. The species is susceptible to drought and hunting (especially with dogs), which may result in localized extinctions. The common warthog is present in numerous protected areas across its extensive range
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Dragon fruit grows on the Hylocereus cactus, also known as the Honolulu queen. The plant is native to southern Mexico and Central America. Today, it is grown all over the world. It goes by many names, including pitaya, pitahaya, and strawberry pear.
Bohemian Waxwing / bombycilla garrulus. Carrington, Nottingham. 14/01/17.
My third day of watching Waxwings in Carrington. Just two seen although ten reported earlier.
This individual was filling up on Rowan berries that looked well past their sell-by date! An irony was that lower down, on the edge of the tree there were still numerous sprays of fresher berries - more nutritious for the Waxwing I would have thought, far prettier for image making too. (Frustratingly, Redwings and Blackbirds were eating those, just NOT the Waxwing! It was possibly hell bent on getting tipsy from eating fermented fruit.)
This image shows the Waxwing's bulging crop quite nicely.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
The pink membrane under the lower mandible was starting to stretch with the weight of the berry cache, a phenomenon I have never noticed before.
All my food is always edible (at home, there are hungry people waiting, not very patiently, to eat it).....i.e. it's real food.......not raw masquerading as cooked, white glue instead of milk, potato shavings instead of ice-cream, dummy mock-ups, varnish for shine, shoe polish, grease for browning....etc !!
In this shot though I had to stick in pins to make the sandwiches stand (no toothpicks didn't work!) and the sandwich had wilted by the time I finished clicking ! :((
Also, I realised that using scissors to cut the bread slices instead of a knife would have given me perfect edges !
설렁탕[seolleongtang] Ox Bone Soup
Nutritious soup made with beef bones and slices of beef. It is typically simmered overnight. Salt or seasoning may be added onc e served.
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Taken at The Philippine Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary of Canapnapan, Corella, Bohol
Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia.
Tarsiers are small animals with enormous eyes; each eyeball is approximately 16 mm in diameter and is as large as its entire brain. The unique cranial anatomy of the tarsier results from the need to balance their large eyes and heavy head so they are able to wait silently for nutritious prey. Tarsiers have an incredibly strong auditory sense because their auditory cortex is very distinct. Tarsiers also have very long hind limbs, due mostly to the extremely elongated tarsus bones of the feet, from which the animals get their name. The combination of their elongated tarsi and fused tibiofibulae makes them morphologically specialized for vertical clinging and leaping. The head and body range from 10 to 15 cm in length, but the hind limbs are about twice this long (including the feet), and they also have a slender tail from 20 to 25 cm long. Their fingers are also elongated, with the third finger being about the same length as the upper arm. Most of the digits have nails, but the second and third toes of the hind feet bear claws instead, which are used for grooming. Tarsiers have very soft, velvety fur, which is generally buff, beige, or ochre in color.
Unlike other prosimians, tarsiers lack any toothcomb, and their dental formula is also unique:
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Unlike many nocturnal vertebrates, tarsiers lack a light-reflecting area (tapetum lucidum) of the eye and have a fovea.
The tarsier's brain is different from other primates in terms of the arrangement of the connections between the two eyes and the lateral geniculate nucleus, which is the main region of the thalamus that receives visual information. The sequence of cellular layers receiving information from the ipsilateral (same side of the head) and contralateral (opposite side of the head) eyes in the lateral geniculate nucleus distinguishes tarsiers from lemurs, lorises, and monkeys, which are all similar in this respect. Some neuroscientists suggested that this apparent difference distinguishes tarsiers from all other primates, reinforcing the view that they arose in an early, independent line of primate evolution.
Philippine tarsiers are capable of hearing frequencies as high as 91 kHz. They are also capable of vocalisations with a dominant frequency of 70 kHz.
A sanctuary near the town of Corella, on the Philippine island of Bohol, is having some success restoring tarsier populations. The Philippines Tarsier Foundation (PTFI) has developed a large, semi wild enclosure known as the Tarsier Research and Development Center. Carlito Pizarras, also known as the Tarsier man;, founded this sanctuary where visitors can watch tarsiers up close in the wild (naturally without touching them). As of 2011, the sanctuary was taken care of by him and his brother. The trees in the sanctuary are populated with nocturnal insects that make up the tarsier's diet.
The conservation status of all tarsiers is vulnerable to extinction. Tarsiers are a conservation dependent species meaning that they need to have more and improved management of protected habitats or they will definitely become extinct in the future.
The Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker resides in eastern North America while the Red-shafted Flicker resides in the western part. Yellow-shafted Flickers are yellow under the tail (as seen above) and underwings, and have yellow shafts on their primaries where as with the Red-shafted it's red. Both species have a grey cap, a beige face and a red chevron shaped bar at the nape of their neck. Yellow-shafted males have a black moustache while the Red-shafted's moustache is red. Females of both species look essentially the same as the male except they lack the moustache and are typically slightly smaller in size.
Flickers are a medium-to-large-sized woodpecker, measuring 11 - 14 inches (28 - 36 cm) in length with a 17 - 21 inch (42 - 54 cm) wingspan.
Northern Flickers are the only woodpecker that frequently feeds on the ground, probing with their beak, it also sometimes catches insects in flight. Although they eat fruits, berries, seeds and nuts, their primary food is insects. Ants alone can make up 45% of their diet. Flickers often go after ants underground (where the nutritious larvae live), hammering at the soil the way other woodpeckers drill into wood. Their tongues can dart out 2 inches beyond the end of the bill to snare prey. As well as eating ants, flickers have a behavior called "anting", during which they use the acid from the ants to assist in preening, as it is useful in keeping them free of parasites.
Flickers may be observed in open habitats near trees, including woodlands, edges, yards, and parks. Northern birds sometimes migrate to the southern parts of their range; southern birds are often permanent residents.
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CC Bonus Challenge - One of Your "Five a Day"
CC Week 4 - Visual weight and balance
The larger jar in back is more shaded, framing the jar in front which is more focused, standing out with natural daylight highlights.
These fruit smoothies were made with mixed berries, frozen chunks of mango, and almond milk. Instead of yoghurt I used cottage cheese for the first time in a smoothie. It came out fine and provided plenty of healthy nutrients.
I sometimes use my mother's old canning jars for containers or as glasses for beverages like these.
Delicious Nutritious Carrot Cake
Another set I've had for a long time & just discovered it. Love the carrot/grater, & the teeny little fork with the rabbit head.
Life is just a bowl of cherries
Don't take it serious
Life's too mysterious
You work, you save, you worry so
But you can't take your dough
When you go, go, go
"White onions are super-healthy with vitamin-c, flavonoids, and phytonutrients. Flavonoids, present in onions will lower the risk of some diseases like Parkinson's, stroke, and cardiovascular diseases."
This adult Common Grackle returned to its hungry fledgling with nuts in its beak. When it first landed, they were perched side by side and the adult was having a difficult time placing a nut into the fledgling's mouth. The parent then hopped around its fledgling, and as you can see the fledgling was able to grab the nut from its parent beak. It was fascinating to watch the adult grackle 'trouble shoot' the situation. I wonder if it's a first-time parent. This is my first time witnessing an adult bird struggle to feed its young.
Location: West Harford, Connecticut, United States of America